Watch this incredible video of 8-yr-old Kii’yaa’nii Ross explaining the importance of giving the jaguar an Indigenous name.

“If we protect them, then we’re basically protecting everything,” Kii’yaa’nii said.

Video by Russ McSpadden of Center for Biological Diversity

Speaker Mike Johnson: 'We all know, intuitively, that a lot of illegals are voting in federal elections. But it's not been something that's easily provable. We don't have that number.'

Sounds legit.

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The latest jaguar known to be roaming S. Arizona has a new name: O:ṣhad Ñu:kudam, or “Jaguar Protector” in the O’odham language.

“As O’odham we view jaguars as protectors of our people and the environment,” said Austin Nunez.
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Fascinating talk on Fresh Air

Looking forward to reading the book.

All of Cristina Rivera Garza's books are excellent, but this one was absolutely haunting.

A well-deserved recognition. Congrats Cristina!

A deeply moving first installment of Chelsea Curtis’s storytelling project and database on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women.

Follow Chelsea and AZLuminaria for more.

Join us tomorrow for this presentation with John Washington. We’ll be talking about our two recent reports, El Paso Sector Migrant Death Database and Separate & Deadly: Segregation of 911 Emergency Services in the Arizona Borderlands.

This Tuesday 5/7 I'll have the privilege of joining NLG San Francisco Bay Area and John Washington to discuss his new book on the violence of borders and what the world might look like without them. Join us if you're in the bay area!

6:30-8pm at Medicine for Nightmares in SF

The border thickens...

The UK begins its policy of deporting migrants to Rwanda.

Border Patrol agents joke about handing out Rice Krispy treats laced with cyanide.

“You call it cyanide, he calls it tonk seasoning ...” an agent responded.

Use our migrant child labor data!

More children are crossing the border on their own than ever before, and thousands are ending up doing dangerous, illegal jobs.

We sued the government for a huge trove of data about these kids, and shared it all here: github.com/nytimes/hhs-ch…

A true honor to have this chat with Melissa del Bosque and Todd Miller for their essential media intervention, The Border Chronicle.

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